St. Tammany farmer., 1887-03-26
MISCELLANEOUS,

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prise total Of 172 species Of bin,
> creatures, nearly all Of which ar,
. mostly white in color.
The dOuble-turret ship Trafalgar
which Is the largest armor-clad that ha,
ever been built at Portsmouth. England
is to be ready for launching next Sep
tember. She was only begun las,
January.
"A farmer near Waldron. Mo-, ha.
healthy four-months-old pig that ha.
two feet on each leg. and on each foo,
iive toes. Such breed Of pigs would
De profitable in = community partial t.
picked pig 's-feet.-St. Louis Post.
The London Christian World rightly
says that 1.-THE promise to paw for !
newspaper is neither more nor less
sacred than promise to pay for farm. !"
IN. B. Dear reader. have you paid for
your paper?-Umitcd Presbyterian.
The candied sweet potato is Phil
adelphia confectionery. It is nothing
but sweet potatoes carefully boiled and
quartered and then candied in boiling
sirup. but it is said to be dainty and
tender and of delicious flavor.
A mine of beryls is . new find in
Connecticut. The bcryls already taken
out include the variety known as golden
beryls. and rank as precious stones
only two places lower than diamonds.
There are also other brilliant colors
found in this mine.-Harttord Courant.
Berlin is to have . new Roman
bath-house on grand scale and fur
nished with all ancient and modern
luxuries. Among the novel features
will be laundry in which guests can
have their clothes washed and irone,l
while they are bathing.
-Twelve-year-old James Manlev. of
North Hastings. while out in the woods
with an axe and dog, came upon i big
buck. The dog started in pursuit, the
deer slipped on the ice and his antlers
became entangled in some brush, and
Jimmy. rushing up. killed the deer with
one blow Of the axe. He is the proud
est boy'in Canada. Montreal Witness.
There was missionary concert al
. Rockland church the other evening,
and among other things was paper on
missionary work read by . young lady:
When she had finished, the leader Of
the meeting said: I'VE will now sing
:Hallelujah, 'Tis Done" Whereat
everybody smiled. -Rockland Courier
Gazette.
An elderly gentleman who delight; ;.
in calculations contributes this: IF thu
immortal George Washington, when hi
was forty y-eight years Of age, had stepped
into railroad Office and pawned his
little hatchct for a ticket to the planet
Mars, he would at the rate of fifty miles
an hour, have arrived there this year."
st. AlbGMs Messenger.
The coast Of Norway Is sinking
gradually. while that Of Sweden is
emerging more and more, and the Bal
tic is becoming shallower. Landmarks
made on the Swedish coast by the cele-
bratetl naturalist Linnnus. at the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century, show
that this unheaval raises that coast about
four feet in the course Of century.
Prof Rogers. Of Waterville College.
Maine. has recently compared fourteen
Of the most trustworthy thermometers
in the town with his standard instru-
ment. Tests were made at six grades
of temperature, or eighty-four tests in
all. and in only four Of these were the
town Thermometers correct. In eighty |
cases they were all wrong from one
fourth Of degree to four degrees, while |
one instrument was eleven degrees out
Of the way.
A Holyoke (Mass.) thread manu-
facturcr has received from Leeds large |
skcin of black silk which has lain in a
pond since the Mill River disaster,
which wrecked his mill. with Others, in
1874. This souvenir of the food was
found September 5. and although it has
lain in the pond twelve years the silk
retains its color. has good gloss, and
the thread is strong. which shows the
almost indestructible nature of the ma
terial. Boston Journal.
Luke Lawson's dog barked at Allen
rs he was going to school.
He went home and got revolveg, and
when the dog barked at him again
fired. The ball went wide of the dog.
but crashed through . window and
struck Mrs. Lawson in the breast rs sine
sat rocking her baby. She lived but
lew moments. Young Ballantyne told
his father what had happened, and the
Did man handed his son over to the au-
.horities. This was at Lake George,
\. B.
A Norwegian engineer, w. C. Mol.
er. has found that reindeer hair and
kin possesses remarkable bubyancy;
md when the unshorn skin is used as
ife-belt, it has the advantage over cork
4 warming the wearer while in the
vater. He attributes great value to
uits made from reindeer hair, one of
which of the weight Of a pound may
zeep . man from drowning, while it
greater protection from cold
han oilskin and other materials.
FOR EGG-EATERS. |,
len Fruit Sent 20 city Markets which
Have Been Used in Iacubators.
81 want . dozen eggs, but / want